Hacker Valley
N 38° 39.158 W 080° 23.077
17S E 553546 N 4278409
Quick Description: Information about the town of Hacker Valley
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 3/12/2012 7:11:52 AM
Waymark Code: WMDZ4R
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Long Description:
Hacker Valley
Community originally known as Hacker Lick for John Hacker and salt spring he found here in 1772, following a buffalo trail on lands he claimed by "tomahawk mark" in present Webster, Upshur, and Lewis counties. He killed a buffalo cow here. Post Office operated, 1856-1892, as Hacker's Valley, when (') dropped. Name used for local Methodist church, tax district and geograophical quadrangle. Conrad & Anderson families came later.
Marker Number: none
Marker Title: Hacker Valley
Marker Location: North of Route 20
County or Independent City: Hacker Valley
Web Site: [Web Link]
Marker Program Sponsor: West Virginia Division of Archives and History, 2002
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